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HOMES OF
MODERATE SIZE

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HOMES OF
MODERATE SIZE

A Collection of Photographs and Plans of
Modern Suburban and Country Homes,
following the Colonial, Italian and English
architectural styles, and arranged accord-
ingly. Selected for their artistic merit and
adaptability to the needs of the average
American family from the work of

KENNETH W. DALZELL, Architect, M.A.I. A.

Arranged and Edited by

EDWARD F. HAMMEL, Architect

U. P. C. BOOK COMPANY, INC.

243-249 West Thirty-Ninth Street, New York

NINETEEN TWENTY-ONE

PREFACE

I FIND that many people, more particularly among those considering the erection of a
small house, have a very vague idea of the services rendered by the Architect, and
as this is a book of small and moderate sized houses, it might not be amiss to devote
a page or two to the duties and services performed by him.

Briefly, the architect inspects the site and familiarizes himself with the require-
ments of the family to occupy the house. He then prepares preliminary sketches,
to a small scale, of plans and elevations, and when these have been worked to a
degree of possibility, a perspective sketch or drawing is prepared to give the client
a more comprehensive idea of the exterior appearance of the house as it will be. When
these sketches are approved, working drawings, specifications and details are prepared.
These are sent out for estimates to the general contractor, or contractors in the indi-
vidual trades, as carpenter, mason, etc. The bids are gone over with the owner and
the contracts awarded, the architect drawing the contracts and seeing that they are
properly recorded. Then the work is supervised to see that the plans and specifica-
tions are properly carried out. The contractors make application for payments as the
work progresses and the architect issues certificates for payment to the amounts that
the contractor is entitled.

In preparing preliminary sketches, the roughly made sketches of plans, supple-
mented with photos and details of houses the owner admires, are of great assistance to
the architect in working out a plan, and I am sure are welcomed by almost any archi-
tect as suggestions. They give an idea more clearly than words as to what the client
has in mind, though it is sometimes difficult to explain to him that they can not all be
worked into one house. But the client who comes in and wants "a plan like this and
an exterior like that" regardless of whether or not it is the best plan or design possible,
does not, I should say, need the services of an architect. A draughtsman can put in
the form of working drawings their ideas. Part of the architect's service is in an
advisory capacity, but if advice is not wanted or heeded why pay for it? Unfortunately,
many houses are built in this way, as our suburbs show.

Then there is the client who does not know exactly what he does want, but would
like "just some rough pencil sketches to give him an idea." The architect is glad to
work with such a client, but some, when it is explained to them that there is a charge
for sketches, feel that they are being imposed upon. Sketches take time, and time is
money to the architect as well as to the hod carrier. Hastily made rough sketches, un-
studied, will not do justice to the client's needs or the architect's ability. I have spent
days trying to work into a given area, limited by the amount to be spent, all the items
listed as essential, then in a few hours made the sketch to be submitted to the owner.
To ask for sketches gratis is as reasonable as to ask a doctor for a prescription and
then tell him that if you like it you will pay for it. If you wish to employ an architect
go to one in whom you have confidence, either by personal acquaintance or by repu-
tation, explain your problem to him and be guided by his advice.

These preliminary studies are where the architect's real skill and ability is taxed

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to the utmost. It is here that the plan and design is formed. When completed it is
simply a matter of draughting; the architect's work is done except for the proper exe-
cution of the work, which after all is where the architect, in a financial way, renders
the greatest service to the owner.

The specifications should of course be very carefully prepared. Specifications that
are ambiguous, or repeat, are likely to make the house cost more than it should, for
the contractor, if he is in doubt, will add enough to be safe. The specifications should
be clear, concise, complete and supplement the working drawing and details.

The architect knows the contractors and "who's who" among them, and can save
the owner a great deal of money by judicious selection. If competitive bids are called
for, the contract should be given to the lowest bidder, for none should be asked to esti-
mate on the work unless he is competent and responsible. It costs the contractor money
to figure on work, especially if he is to give a careful estimate. One often hears the
remark, "It does not always pay to give it to the lowest bidder." The qualifications of
the contractors should be looked into before they are allowed to bid, not after.

When satisfactory bids are received the architect prepares the contracts, sees that
they are properly executed and recorded. In New Jersey, and I presume it is so in other
states, the contracts should be recorded for the owner's protection, should the contrac-
tors become insolvent or for other reasons fail to pay for his material or labor. Fur-
thermore, the payments should be made only in accordance with the terms of the con-
tract.

The work is supervised by the architect as it progresses to see that the plans and
specifications are properly carried out to their true intent and meaning. Not that the
contractor is dishonest, but sometimes the plans are not extremely interpreted by him.

Extras are the bugbear of the home builder. Extras are not a necessary evil. There
is no reason why a house should cost more than the original contract, provided that
everything necessary to complete the building is specified, from excavating to deco-
rating and grading. That is what your architect is for. Go over the plans with him,
read your specifications. If you want a tiled bath or composition floor in the kitchen,
say so then; it will cost less in the original contract than as an extra. Not that the con-
tractor makes more as an extra, but it is a greater expense to him to make a change, for
one change usually leads to another.

Take time enough on your preliminary studies and specifications, then go ahead.
If you find changes are desirable, they can be made, but at an extra cost. To ask the
contractor for an extra electric outlet or to relocate one is the same as asking him for
a five-dollar bill. It is not a matter of being obliging, it is a matter of dollars and cents.
Changes involving no additional cost, made before the work is executed, can be done
without extra charge, and though it is an inconvenience to the contractor, most of them
are obliging. More can be accomplished with sugar than vinegar, and the contractor is
no exception. Work with him, and trust your architect to look after your interests and
building will be a pleasure to be remembered.

As to the architect's fees, they will be found to vary with the ability and experience
of the architect, and also upon the class of work to be done. A public garage, for
instance, can be done at a lower rate than a private dwelling, since there is so much
less detail in proportion to the cost. Fees will run from six per cent to fifteen per cent.
Six per cent on very small houses would hardly pay office expense, salaries, etc., so
don't expect real service from one charging less than this amount. If the contracts

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are given out to the individual trades such as carpenter, mason, etc., instead of a
general contract, four per cent is usually added to the architect's fee for the extra ex-
pense and trouble of running the work. In my own practice I charge ten per cent on
the first $10,000 of cost and six per cent on the balance, on work given out under a
general contract. This is substantially in accord with the schedule of fees recommended
by the American Institute of Architects.

With buildings costing at their present high rate per square foot, the architect
does not have to save the owner many square feet of floor space to compensate for his
fee. Waste space in planning is wasted money; it is one of the worst faults of the
average house built from ten to thirty years ago. Such houses are not easy to main-
tain nor economical to heat or comfortable to live in.

I believe the ensuing years will see more and smaller houses built than ever before.
A smaller house can be as attractive and homelike as a large one, even if not so preten-
tious. When one considers the number of people living in two to five-room apartments,
why not little cottages of similar size, with the advantages of privacy, light and air,
a plot of ground for the kiddies, and space for garden and (lowers?

The servant question, especially in recent years, has become a problem hard to solve,
and to some extent is responsible for so many people living in the small apartment or
Hat. If the house is small and compact it is as convenient of operation as the apart-
ment and has many advantages.

The average family, even in a small house, usually has more rooms than are abso-
lutely necessary, more than they would have in an apartment. Why not a little house
or cottage, with an entrance hall or room merely large enough to overcome the disad-
vantage of entering directly in a living room, a large living room, and by large I mean
large in relation to the rest of the house, the living room to have a sunny bay or alcove
for the dining table, or be furnished with one of the many attractive painted breakfast
sets. Adjoining this, a small, well arranged kitchen. Then one or two bedrooms and
bath, either all on one floor or on the second floor. The living room could have a large
closet with an in-a-door bed, to provide an additional sleeping room in an emergency.
This may not sound as hospitable as having a well arranged guest room, but it is less
i icpensive and easier to take care of; whereas the guest room, so seldom used nowadays
in the family of modest income, must be furnished, heated and kept clean.

If built on a hillside or sloping ground, the garage can be built in the basement
of fireproof construction, which does not increase the insurance rate. The garage can
be heated and lighted economically and in inclement weather one can step into the car
and drive out, without walking a hundred feet or more in slush and mud.

As to heating: If the house be small, and well built, a hot-water system can be
installed with gas for fuel, controlled by a thermostat, (las, of course, is more expen-
sive than coal, but in a small house as described, the convenience could be afforded, and
is much more dependable than the janitor.

If one wishes to go away for several days in winter, the thermostat can be set at
40 and if it should turn cold, sufficienl heat will be supplied to prevent freezing.

As to the comparative expense, the little house is no more expensive than a small
apartment, counting interest on money invested, taxes and upkeep.

"I letter a house too small for a day than too large for a year."

Kknnktii W. Dalzell.

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Introduction

Table of Contents

PACl

After the Colonial Style

The House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

The House of Mr. Herbert C. Cawley

The House of Mr. George G. Salmon

Suggested Design for a Small Colonial House ....

The House of Mr. Clarence Simpson

The House of Mr. Harry V. Allen

A House at Summit, N. J., Designed for the Summit Home

Land Co

The House of Mr. Edward A. Pohlman

The House of Mr. Frank A. Lyon

The House of Mr. Corwin Howell

House of Mr. Fred L. Dalzell

A House for the Summit Home Land Co

The House of Mr. Carl Breer

The House of Mr. W. A. Moore

Suggested Design for a Small Dutch Colonial House

The House of Mr. Warren Hastings

The House Mr. Arthur Gardner

The House of Mr. Eugene Barling

The House of Mr. E. E. Hudson
The House of Mr. Irving W. Porter .
The House of Mr. E. Leslie Winpcnny
The House of Mr. Edward Fellows
The House of Mr. Oscar G. Brown .
The House of Dr. August Bauer .
The House of Mr. Charles Priest .
The House of Mr. H. H. Stark
The House of Mr. E. B. Thayer
The House of Mr. C. Warren Force .
A Country House at Summit, N. J. .
The House of Mr. William Buchan
House for Mr. Chester Voorhees
The House of Mr. Cornelius Jackson .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS— Continued

After the Italian Style

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The House of Mr. F. A. Fraser 88

The House of Mr. H. J. Jans 90

The House of Mr. Jonathan Hawkins 92

The House of Mr. August J. Wilhelm 95

The House of Mr. Wm. A. Roberts 98

The House of Mr. John L. Hughes .... 100

After the English Style

The House of Mr. John Rogers 102

The House of Mr. Irwin F. Bowen 105

House for Mrs. McKeon 109

The House of Mr. Edward S. Davey 110

The Studio Bungalow of Mr. C. W. Bayles . . .114

The House of Mr. John C. Ray 115

The House of Mr. Willard S. Crittenden . . 11G

The House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell 118

Residence for Mr. L. E. Blackwell 125

The House of Mr. David C. Waring 126

Country House for Mr. Geo. Ed. Smith 134

Studies in Small House Designs

A Six-Room Cottage of New England Colonial Design . 136

A Southern Colonial House of Seven Rooms .... 137

Suggestion for a Suburban Stucco House of Six Rooms . 138

House for Mr. A. Warren Wheaton, Jr 139

Bungalow of Mr. Harry Newburger 140

Bungalow of Mr. Watson G. Harmon 141

Country Club House

Clubhouse of the Maplewood Club 142

INTRODUCTION

THE degree of civilization attained by any people may be accurately judged by the
type of dwellings they build. But while the character of abode erected by man
may vary greatly from the merest shelter of the savage to the magnificent country
home of our man of means, there is dwelling in each of us, if we are normal persons,
a persistent desire to possess for ourselves a place of habitation — no matter how
humble — a place that is our own and one we can call home.

Now in recent times there has been a great deal both said and written about hous-
ing. Unfortunately, those who discuss this subject almost invariably deal in gener-
alities. While such generalities may be all very well, they do not usually prove help-
ful when applied to specific cases. We — you and I — are not generalities. We are
individuals, each a distinct personality. The housing problem, as it faces each one of
us, is a very real, individual problem, with features peculiar to each case which may,
and usually do, differ materially from any other. And in the vast majority of cases each
individual housing problem must be solved — either satisfactorily or unsatisfactorily —
by the individual it confronts.

It is the aim of these brief introductory lines to suggest a logical solution to the
person or family now engaged in the study of his, her, or their housing problem.

Certainly the desire to possess one's home is a most laudable one. The practice
of wise economy and thrift to the end that such an ambition may be realized is to be
commended. There is no doubt that the home owner is a more valuable citizen and
a more contented dweller in the land than one who is not.

rpHERE is no factor more potent in the right development of our youth than the ben-
eficial influence of real home life. Those of us to whom "Home, Sweet Home"
means more than a popular air need no argument to establish this truth. And yet to-
day multitudes of our population have no adequate conception of the meaning of home
in its real — its finest — sense; neither indeed can they while remaining under then-
present living conditions. Such conditions are probably not altogether from choice,
but in many instances at least, the persons who consent to their continuation have the
ability to establish for themselves real homes could they be awakened to the manifold
advantages and benefits that they would thereby derive.

One need but visit the congested sections of our larger cities to realize the utter
impossibility of imbibing the residents of such quarters with any clear conception of
real home life. And by congested sections we do not need to limit our observations
to the homes of the poor alone. Many sections inhabited by the middle classes or even
the moderately rich are as devoid of the essentials of home life as are the very slums
themselves.

T^OR the first time in the history of the country, as is shown by an analysis of the
1920 census, the majority of the population — slightly over 50 per cent — dwell in
urban centers. The proper distribution of our population is a subject vital to the
future welfare of the Nation.

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A careful study of our economic life would seem to indicate that the present pro-
portions of those whose fields of labor lie in the city and country are not likely to be
reversed. Large cities, like magnets, are constantly exerting a drawing influence. How
then is the safeguarding of real American home life to be accomplished? Multi-family
dwellings do not furnish a solution. The tendency in the present development of such
buildings is towards smaller and fewer rooms for each family until many of this type
of dwelling have been aptly termed "Race Suicide Flats." Surely the multiplication of
such dwellings is only adding to our ills. To place a premium upon the absence of
children is in itself a menace to the nation's future. The solution lies in the partial
unhousing of the city and the development of the suburban districts. Surrounding
our more densely populated areas are sections but sparsely settled. Here land values
are lower, yet such localities are greatly superior from the standpoint of human habi-
tation to the built-up sections of the city proper.

In many of these outlying sections all those features now considered essential to
modern comfort are provided — electric light, gas, water, good highways, and other con-
veniences, while in general connecting transportation systems have been so improved as
to make possible travel from the suburbs to the heart of the city in the shortest pos-
sible time.

Here then is provided an opportunity to safeguard and perpetuate that great in-
stitution— the American Home.

W7"HILE many who read these lines will unhesitatingly agree with the statement of the
" writer that life located in a home all one's own in a suburban section is greatly to
be preferred to life in congested quarters located in the heart of a city, they will in a
hopeless way dismiss the entire subject of home ownership with a "We can't afford it, so
what's the use" attitude.

Let me urge to all such that they very carefully investigate the means already
provided for financing home building. The Building and Loan Associations have ren-
dered invaluable aid to prospective home owners. The joining of such an association
is a wise act, while all monies placed in it-; keeping draws interest until used.

There are many other ways of successfully financing the building of one's home.
In every instance, however, a reasonable amount of capital should be in hand before
work is started; thirty per cent, of the total cost is usually sufficient unless an expensive
house is contemplated.

From the economic standpoint, home ownership is a success if handled aright. It
is well, however, to regulate the size of the house to the needs and pocketbook of the
owner, lest he bring upon himself too heavy a financial burden, both as regards initial
investment and cost of maintenance.

Suburban life in general means greater contentment, healthier and happier chil-
dren and many other advantages, whose value cannot be directly computed in dollars and
cents, but which nevertheless must be taken into consideration in striking the balance.
The vegetable garden of the suburban home often proves well worth while, and may
prove quite a factor in cutting down the high cost of living. Similarly a few chickens
may save many a dollar. Even the person who does not feel the need of economizing
in this way will nevertheless find fresh vegetables and eggs articles for which to be
thankful. Usually a community spirit exists in such localities and neighborliness as-
sumes a new meaning.

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rpO that man or woman who by circumstances has been forced to forego the pleasure
-1 of dwelling in his or her own residence, yet who has always possessed a secret long-
ing to some day own their home, and who now feels the time to venture forth is
opportune, to such a one let me give a word of advice and a word of warning. A ven-
ture in home-building is not unlike a journey to an unknown land. A guide is essential
to the best progress and the happy termination of the project. The person, be he doc-
tor, lawyer, clerk or tradesman, who believes himself capable of drawing his own plans,
is not by any means uncommon. How often has such an individual come to me for
advice on this important subject of home building — persons mind you who have never
before built any sort of structure and who had never dwelt in a single-family house —
and with a half apology that "perhaps these plans are not just the way an architect
would draw them," has presented some unhappily worked out pencil diagram of impos-
sible room arrangements. I do not in any way wish to criticize those who seek to
indicate what they think is a graphic presentation of their needs to serve as a possible
guide to the architect they may retain. But for such a person to believe that these
sketches form a perfectly tangible set of plans and when supplemented with some illus-
tration of a house exterior clipped from a magazine are adequate for the builder to
start work on, is worse than folly, and the ultimate conclusion of such a policy is bound
to be an unsatisfactory dwelling. The services of the architect will prove invaluable to
the prospective home builder. He should be consulted and his expert advice obtained if
possible, prior to the purchase of the lot. He should be taken into the client's entire con-
fidence relative to the permissible expenditures, manner of living of the family, and all
matters which may in any way affect the design of the house. It should be borne in
mind that the architect is a professional man who has devoted his life to a study of
buildings, their design and construction.

TN this volume are presented illustrations of a number of attractive homes of moderate
size designed by Mr. Kenneth W. Dalzell, architect, of Maplewood, N. J., and New
York City. All of these houses have been built under his personal supervision
in suburban localities within a few miles of New York City. Mr. Dalzell studied archi-
tecture at Columbia University and is a member of the American Institute of Architects
and also the New Jersey Society of Architects.

These houses have not been presented with the idea in mind that you will
find among this collection the house of your dreams. You may — but the needs of fam-
ilies as well as the views of individuals are so varied that seldom does a home designed
for one family exactly meet the needs of another family. However, a study of the sub-
ject presented will not only prove interesting but educational. These houses illustrate
the possibilities in small house design, and run the gamut from what one might be
tempted to term "a vest pocket edition" to the home de luxe. Yet the house of a few
rooms was designed with the same careful study and earnest endeavor to obtain the
best results, as in the case of the larger houses. It is unusual to find such a variation
of style in the work of any one architect, yet there is an unmistakable individuality
about each house, even as there is to their occupants.

In general the houses follow Colonial, Italian and English prototypes. In each in-
stance, however, the plan bears little relation to that associated with these earlier dwell-
ings. The plan is designed to meet the requirements of the Twentieth Century family,
which are very different from those of the family of a few centuries ago.

Edward F. Hammel

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The House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. W. B. Taylor, located in a section of New
Jersey associated with early Colonial history, is fittingly of
the colonial type, modernized. The exterior walls are finished
with large shingles, painted white, while the windows are provided
with green shutters and the roof is of natural weathered shingles.

The dormer windows with their fluted pilasters and circular
sash are in keeping with the colonial design of the house. The
entrance, too, has fluted pilasters as well as paneled jambs and door
of colonial character. The hardware consists of thumb latch, handle
and knocker, all of black iron.

In the soffitt or under side of the entablature is placed an
electric light set well up inside. The globe is of frosted glass held
in a black iron ring flush with the wood. This light sheds a soft
glow over the door at night, but the fixture is not seen.

The flower box above the entrance adds a spot of color and
interest.

The interior is finished in ivory white throughout. The stairs
have mahogany hand rail and treads. The door to the coat closet
in the entrance hall has a leaded glass mirror, which is divided
into rectangles about six by eight inches in size. The walls of the
hall are finished with a gray colonial tapestry paper.

The living room is paneled with applied moulding and finished
at the ceiling with a wood cornice. The fireplace is faced with
black and gold marble.

The dining room has a wood wainscot to the height of the
window sill. Above the wainscot is a colonial scenic paper — a wood
block repi-oduction in tones of gray. The lighting fixtures are of
the candelabra type, in dull silver finish, with mulberry silk shades.

The second floor bedrooms are papered in plain gray of a warm
tone, variations being secured in the furniture and hangings. The
doors are of colonial design in small panels and fitted with glass
knobs.

The house has that air of domesticity about it which invariably
defines a home in the truest sense.

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House of Mr. W. B. Taylor— Continued

Entrance Doorway

House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

The entrance illustrated above, designed along classical
lint's, is simple yet dignified and in harmony with the
colonial character of the house.

The flower box above lends color to the scene.

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House of Mr. W. B. Taylor— Continued

A Corner of the Dining Room

House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

The living room is paneled in wood, the pan-
eling extending the entire height of the walls. At
the angle formed by the walls and ceiling the pan-
eling is finished with a delicate cornice. This
room is decorated in a flat ivory enamel. The fire-
place facing is of black marble veined with green
and gold.

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The Living Room

House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

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Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Side View

House of Mr. W. B. Taylor

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The House of Mr. Herbert C. Cawley

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE Cawley house is a severely simple colonial design,
having its interest centered in the doorway, which
is practically a reproduction of a charming old door-
way in a small colonial house in Massachusetts, built prior
to the year 1800. This work of some colonial craftsman
so interested the architect that it was photographed and
measured by him, and furnished the inspiration for the
doorway of the house here illustrated.

The building is of frame construction, the exterior
walls being finished with wide clapboards painted while.
The windows have green shutters, while the roof is surfaced
with natural weathered shingles.

The interior trim and doors are finished with an ivory
flat enamel. The walls are tinted a deep cream, almost buff.
The dining room has a low wainscot, painted. The stair-
way, newel, balusters and hand rail are colonial in design.
The photograph illustrating the living room does not do
justice to it, as some of the furniture had to be moved to
make room for the camera, which of necessity was placed
in a position commanding as much of the room as possible.

The furniture is old mahogany, the upholstered pieces
being olive green in tones for which the plain tinted walls
form an effective background.

In working out the plan for this dwelling it was en-
deavored to develop a small livable house, devoting the
major space to the living room and one of the bed rooms.
The kitchen is small, with a combined pantry having built-
in dressers and sink, everything being most conveniently
arranged. The dining room is just large enough to accom-
modate the necessary furniture and allow room to pass
around the table to serve. The large master bed room
connecting directly with the bath is a convenient feature.
The third floor has one room and bath and storage space.

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Entrance Detail

House of Mr. Herbert C. Cawley

A "close up" view of the entrance to this Colonial
home, which finds its prototype in many a New England
residence built by sturdy settlers.

This entrance is practically a reproduction of one of
an old house in Massachusetts, photographed and measured
by the architect.

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The Living Room

House of Mr. Herbert C. Cawley

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The Dining Room

House of Mr. Herbert C. Cawley

The Colonial atmosphere has been carried
out in the interior of the house, both in the archi-
tectural treatment and the furnishings. Even the
lighting fixtures are in keeping with the general
tone.

Simplicity is the keynote of Colonial domestic
architecture, and from this feature it derives its
undeniable charm.

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The House of Mr. George G. Salmon

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. George G. Salmon was erected on
the site of a large substantial, but unattractive
house built about fifty years ago. After considering
the possibilities of remodeling, it was decided to tear the
old house down and use as much of the material as possible.
The salvage provided practically all of the framing lumber,
sheathing, rough floors and trim of fine seasoned material,
also quantities of stone from the foundation and consider-
able brick.

The exterior of the present house is of wide white
clapboards contrasting well with the green shutters and
green stained shingle roof. The open porch on one end
helps to balance the sun porch located at the opposite end.

The entrance hall extends the entire depth of the house,
with a vista terminating on a flower garden in the rear.
A coat closet is provided under the rear stairs, which con-
nect with the front stairs at the platform midway between
first and second floors.

A refrigerator space is provided that can be reached
from the rear entry as well as from the kitchen. The
pantry connects the kitchen with the dining room. At the
end of the living room are built-in book cases and a window
seat. Doors on either side of the fireplace open out to the
sun porch.

The sun porch is practically another room with win-
dows on all sides. The fireplace on the porch is of rough
textured red brick.

The second floor provides four bed rooms and two
baths. The tubs in the bath rooms are built into recesses
and tiled above. The third floor has one room and bath.

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Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Clarence Simpson

Maplewood, New Jersey

Entrance Detail

Note the well-proportioned columns

The entrance with its slender columns, side seats, and
paneled door, together with the wide clapboards and green
window shutters of the exterior give to this small house a
Colonial effect, or character, although the house could
scarcely be classed as of colonial type.

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THE Simpson house, being nearly square, provides the maxi-
mum number of cubic feet per running foot of foundation
and outside wall and is therefore most economical in con-
struction. The hood over the living room windows breaks the ver-
tical lines and gives breadth to the design. The small hall, even
with its wide opening to the living room, gives a degree of privacy
that is not obtained when the entrance doorway opens directly into
the living room. The kitchen and dining room are of good size
and the pantry is large, with built-in dressers.

The second floor provides two fair sized bed chambers and one
smaller one, as well as a sleeping porch and bath. There is one
finished room on the third floor.

The living room and dining room are finished in hardwood,
stained brown, the balance of the house being in white with mahog-
any doors. The floors are oak on the first floor and comb grained
pine on the second floor. The house was built on a fifty-foot plot,
which was of sufficient width to provide for a garage driveway on
the side.

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Harry V. Allen

Maplewood, New Jersey

COLONIAL in character and of simple lines is the exte-
rior of the Allen house. The wide siding of the walls
is painted in ivory white, while the shutters are
painted green. The entrance detail follows the design so
characteristic of many a New England farm house. This
includes plain pilasters and entablature and paneled jambs,
similar to the door paneling. It was required that the
porch be enclosed, and this is really another room with win-
dows on all sides. The architect endeavored by the arrange-
ment of form and roof line to give to this porch the appear-
ance of the one-story extension so often seen in colonial
farm houses, although in such cases they form a kitchen
wing. As actually constructed, this desired effect is par-
tially lost, due to the necessity of providing so many win-
dows and the elimination of shutters, as well as having the
porch located so near to the front of the house.

The interior is finished in ivory white throughout. The
doors are paneled in a colonial design. The wood trim, fire-
place mantel, hardware and electric fixtures are also colonial
in character.

The conventional "center hall" type plan has been used,
with large living room on one side, while the dining room,
kitchen and pantry are placed on the opposite side. At first
glance one might assume that the kitchen was inconven-
iently arranged due to the pantry projecting into it, but in
actual operation it has worked out to good advantage. The
sink with double drain board has the range placed to the
left, and a table is located under the window at the right.
On the opposite wall is ample space for a kitchen cabinet.
The refrigerator is located in the rear entry, and can be
iced without one entering the kitchen.

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Front View

House of Mr. Harry V. Allen

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Edward A. Pohlman

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Edward A. Pohlman was built length-
wise with the lot, to take advantage of the excellent
view which can be appreciated by an inspection of
the photograph showing the rear of the house. Though the
plot is narrow, the house is so long that a commanding
view will yet be had from both living room and dining
room and especially from the porches though a house should
be built on the adjoining plot.

It would be desirable, ordinarily, in a house so placed
on the plot, to use the driveway entrance as the main en-
trance to the house, making a garden front of the opposite
side, opening onto a stone terrace enclosed with a hedge
and planting, in order to secure greater privacy. In this
case, however, the railroad station is on that side of the
house and the owner had no desire to lose time in going
out of the upper side of the house and around. This ac-
counts for the brick walk at the front and the entrance
design as planned.

In plan, the house opens up nicely. Upon entering, the
hall is open from front to rear. Then, too, the openings
between hall and living room and hall and dining room are
practically in line with the doors to the porches, giving a
vista from either end. The breakfast porch off the dining
room, is in direct communication with the kitchen.

The second floor has four bedrooms and two baths.
The third floor has only an open attic, but there is room for
two additional chambers and another bath, should the owner
desire additional space in the future.

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House of Mr. Edward A. Pohlman— Continued

Entrance Detail

The pilasters on either side of the entrance are light
and fluted. The glass of the side lights and fanlight is
leaded, in colonial design. The influence of the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch colonial house is seen in the large stucco porch
columns and Germantown Hood protecting the entrance.

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Rear View

House of Mr. Edward A. Pohlman

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Frank A. Lyon

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Frank A. Lyon presents an exterior
of walls finished with large shingles painted white,
windows with green shutters and a green stained
roof. The house faces east, which gives the morning sun
in the dining room and provides a southeast and west ex-
posure for the living room. The kitchen is in the north-
west corner and the sun porch in the southwest, making
the ideal exposure for all rooms. Placing the living room
lengthwise with the house and in connection with the dining
room gives an appearance and feeling of space in a really
small house, the foundation area of which is only slightly
over six hundred square feet. The bay or recess in the
dining room for the sideboard, and the fireplace in the
living room are on the same axis and terminate in an in-
teresting vista from either room.

The stairs are enclosed, with the exception of the first
two steps. There is a coat closet on the stair platform.
The platform can also be reached from the kitchen, practi-
cally making this a back stairway as well.

The rooms of the first floor are trimmed in cnestnut
and finished with a silver gray stain, and the walls are deco-
rated with a rough textured paper in variegated tones of
blue.

The second floor has three bed rooms, all of good size,
as well as a bath and dressing room, the latter an unusual
feature in so small a house. If necessary the dressing room
could be used for a small child's room, there being sufficient
space behind the door to accommodate a crib. The rooms
of the second floor are finished with ivory white trim, with
mahogany doors.

There is only a ventilated air space above the second
floor.

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House of Mr. Frank A. Lyon

Plan of First Floor

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The House of Mr. Corwin Howell

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Corwin Howell is built with walls
of stucco over galvanized metal lath, the dormers
being surfaced with hand-split cypress shingles.

This house is of the Dutch colonial type, modernized.
The doorway is a particularly interesting feature, with its
slender wood columns with carved wood caps, paneled door,
and side lights, with wood fan above. The roof is surfaced
with an attractive sea-green slate contrasting well with the
rest of the building.

By bringing the stairs forward and entering under the
platform, the portion used ordinarily for a large hall, can
be utilized for a library. Placing the entrance a few steps
below the first floor level, works out nicely, too, as the
ground slopes from the rear to the front.

The space under the stairs provides two large closets
for the hall in the first story. The protection usually
afforded by an entrance vestibule is here obtained to a cer-
tain extent without the inhospitable effect of one.

The interior is entirely done in ivory white, with
moulding and trim of colonial detail. The dining room has
a wood wainscot. A built-in china closet balances the door
to the pantry. The sun porch sash drop down into pockets
which enables the entire window opening to be used for
ventilation in summer.

A lattice and shrubbery screen separates the service
yard and garage from the rest of the plot, which will later
be more fully developed with lawn and flowers.

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Plan of
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House of Mr. Fred. L. Dalzell

Maplewood, New Jersey

The Dining Alcove

On the interior the walls of this room
are painted a plain warm tone of gray. The
rug is dark gray. The furniture is finished
in a gray blue. The hangings are printed
linen of several colors, mulberry predomina-
ting, with light gray background.

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Exterior View

House of Mr. Fred L. Dalzell

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Side of Living Room Showing Book Shelves

House of Mr. Fred L. Dalzell

In exterior design this house follows the
character of the Dutch colonial house of Northern
New Jersey. The front wall is faced with red
common brick, the dormers being shingled with
large hand-split cypress shingles. The gable end*
are surfaced with wide white clapboards. The
garage end of the house, which is of fireproof
construction, is finished with cement stucco plas-
tered directly on the hollow tile walls, and white-
washed.

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Fireplace Side of Living Room

House of Mr. Fred L. Dalzell

It is not often that a client will sacrifice the
space on the second floor for the low sweeping
roof lines which are largely responsible for the
charm of this house. However, this house was
designed for a family of two, and owing to the
fact that the second story covers the sun room
and garage, there was ample bedroom space for
the requirements of the family.

Planting, placed since the photograph of the
exterior was taken, has tended to materially
soften the foundation lines.

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View of Front and Side

A Modernized Dutch Colonial House

A House for the Summit Home Land Company

Summit, New Jersey

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Front Elevation A well-proportioned facade

The House of Mr. Carl Breer

Summit, New Jersey

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. W. A. Moore

Roosevelt Park, Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. W. A. Moore follows the Dutch colo-
nial precedent, but with the modern development of
the sun porch, sleeping porch and garage.
The exterior is of red cedar shingles painted white.
The roof and shutters are green. The sweeping curve of
the eaves blends well with the rolling contour of the plot.

Plan of Second Floor

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Entrance Hall and Stairway

House of Mr. W. A. Moore

In this house the broad hall extends the full depth of the build-
ing, opening to the garden in the rear. A lavatory and coat closet
are located under the stairway. Windows on the stair landing fur-
nish adequate natural illumination for upper and lower halls.

The garage, of fireproof construction and built as an integral
part of the house, is reached through the rear entry adjoining the
kitchen. A garage, so located, is easily heated from the main heat-
ing plant, as well as being supplied with light and water. It is of
convenience, especially in stormy weather, to step into the car and
drive out without walking through mud and wet to a detached
building. It has an architectural value, as in this case for instance,
in balancing the sun porch at the opposite end of the house. By
doing away with an outbuilding, more garden space is possible at

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Dining Room

House of Mr. W. A. Moore

the rear of the lot. The servants' quarters can be located over the
garage, eliminating the need for a third floor.

In the house of Mr. Moore four bedrooms, two baths, and a
sleeping porch are provided on the second floor, in addition to the
servants' rooms and bath over the garage, these latter rooms being
reached by means of a back stairway from the pantry.

The walls of the dining room are paneled with applied mould-
ing and painted ivory white. The fireplace is faced with a dull red
brick and provided with a mantel of colonial design. The rug is
a Chinese Oriental in buff and old blue. The furniture is mahogany,
while the lighting fixtures are finished in dull silver. Both dining
room and pantry open on the breakfast porch.

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Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Warren Hastings

Maplewood, New Jersey

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Arthur Gardner

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE porches are a feature of the Gardner house. The exposure
for the principal rooms is south and west, with an extensive
view of the mountain. The front porch is open; the rear
porch glass enclosed in winter and screened in summer. The sleep-
ing porch is at the rear in the second story, affording privacy, and
not detracting from the design of the house, as is often the case
where an upper story porch is provided. The plan of this house is
so worked out that the living room and dining room have exposures
on three sides, which is very desirable in a suburban house. The
stairs are so arranged that one can go down to the basement from
the kitchen or from the front hall without going into the kitchen.
This was done to give access to the billiard room which was placed
under the living room and part of the hall. Because of the billiard
room being so placed, it made it possible to have a fireplace directly
under the living room fireplace and so use the same chimney. The
walls of this room were sand-finish plastered on the foundation and
the beamed ceiling effect obtained by dressing and staining the first
floor joists. The house follows no particular style tho' the feeling
is somewhat of a Colonial farm house. Colonial decorations were
used for interior finish.

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Eugene Barling

Blue Ridge Park, Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. Eugene Barling might aptly be
termed "A Cottage for Two." It is, however, built as
substantially and finished with the same degree of
excellence as many a more pretentious house. While small
and also economically constructed, there is no where appar-
ent— either within or without — any indication of that cheap-
ness so often associated with the small suburban house.

The building is of frame construction with exterior
walls finished with wide clapboards, painted white. The
roof is of shingles stained green, and the windows are pro-
vided with green shutters. The chimney is of brick,
roughly plastered with cement mortar. Here and there a
brick shows, projecting through the mortar.

The interior is finished in ivory white with woodwork of
simple design in keeping with the character of the house.
The walls are papered with a stipple design, in tones of
warm gray throughout. The furniture, seen in the photo-
graph of the interior, is of mahogany. The gate leg table,
window chairs and braided rag rug of the dining room are
especially appropriate as well as attractive.

The plot upon which this house is built is large, con-
sidering the size of the house. This plot has a frontage of
65 ft. and a depth of 125 ft.

The house overlooks the golf course of the Maplewood
Country Club.

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Front Elevation

House of Eugene Barling

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. E. E. Hudson

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. E. E. Hudson in Roosevelt Park,
Maplewood, N. J., is of the Dutch Colonial type with
the addition of a sun porch at the end. The some-
what narrow porch across the entire front of the house
with square posts supporting the overhanging second story,
the small gabled dormers, and the kitchen built off in an
extension, are characteristic of this style.

The roof lines of a house of the Dutch Colonial type
will either make or mar it, as the house is mostly roof. The
reason that so many of the old houses are more picturesque
than the modern houses of the same type is due to the fact
that those early builders did not try to obtain as much floor
space on the second floor as on the first floor, thus enabling
the use of those graceful low-sweeping roofs.

The plan of the Hudson house is similar to other
centre hall plans already illustrated, except that the kitchen
is extended at the side. This was done both for the exterior
appearance and to have a through circulation of air in the
kitchen. A rear stairs has been provided leading from the
pantry, and connecting with the front stairs at a platform
landing three steps below the second floor level.

Three large bedrooms, and a smaller one are provided
on the second floor, which also contains two baths. There
is one room and bath on the third floor which has dormers
in the rear, not visible in the photograph.

The interior finish is ivory white throughout with colo-
nial details for the trim, fireplaces, stairs and fixtures.

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Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Irving W. Porter

Maplewood, Xew Jersey

THE house of Mr. Irving W. Porter is a variation of the Dutch
Colonial cottage, deriving its architectural interest mainly
from the roof lines. There is no outstanding architectural
detail. The entrance is through a simple dutch doorway with seats
on either side. The flower box under the window gives a touch of
color. The exterior walls are surfaced with large shingles painted
white. The shingle roof, stained green, and the green shutters,
contrast well with the white walls. The trees form an ideal back
ground.

A sleeping porch has been built above the sun porch, without
giving the house the appearance of being top-heavy, which is often
the case when one porch is built above another.

The living room takes up practically the whole front of the
house, which has the most desirable exposure. A recess for the
sideboard compensates for the narrow width of the dining room.
The kitchen, finished in white enamel, is conveniently arranged and
connects with the dining room through a pantry.

The second floor has one large bed room in connection with the
sleeping porch, two smaller bed rooms and a tiled bath. There is
one room and bath on the third floor, and an open attic.

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. E. Leslie Winpenny

Essex Falls, New Jersey

THIS house has walls built of local stone, most of which was
taken from the cellar excavation. The stone work is laid up
in cement mortar with rather a wide joint. The stone varies
in color from granite to rusty brown. The shutters are painted
faded green and the rest of the exterior woodwork is done in white.

The site commands an extensive view to the rear of some
twenty miles, with mountains in the distance. Because of this, the
principal rooms were placed to face the rear, the kitchen and maid's
room being in the front. The hall extends the full depth of the
house and opens onto a living porch. The dining room and living
room also open on this porch. The guest room has a toilet and lava-
tory in connection with it, while the owner's room connects directly
with the bath. A bath is provided for the maid in the basement.

The colonial design has been carried out in the interior of the
house also. The stairway is broad, considering the size of the
house. Over the entrance is a wide platform on which an old spin-
ning wheel and rush bottom chair have been placed. A Grand-
father's clock brought from England by Mr. Winpenny is placed in
the lower hall and completes the picture.

The living room fireplace, shown below, is of brick and has a
colonial wood mantel. Over it is hung a family portrait.

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Front Elevation

House of Mr. E. Leslie Winpenny

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Edward Fellows

The Terrace, Maplewood, New Jersey

THE plan of the Fellows house with a total absence of
projecting bays and extensions, and the simple roof
makes this house economical of construction. Three
rooms and sun porch are provided in the first floor, with
four bed chambers, sleeping porch and bath in the second
floor. There is no third floor.

The interior finish is white throughout. Both the
living room and bed room fireplaces are of brick with
colonial mantels. While the second floor hall has no outside
light, it does not appear dark because of the five doors from
light rooms opening onto it.

The floors throughout this house are of oak, the gutters,
flashings and screens copper, and the heating system warm
air, which by the way, has been used in many of the houses
illustrated in this book. In all cases, however, the tubular
type of furnace has been used and in every case the heating
has proven most satisfactory and economical. This heating
system has the decided advantage over steam, of giving
some heat no matter how low a fire is maintained, whereas
with steam heat, the fire must be hot enough to generate
steam and force it to the radiators before heat is received in
the rooms. It also has the advantage of warming and bring-
ing into the house fresh air, thus ventilating and heating at
the same time. A warm air heating system will not be satis-
factory, however, where long or horizontal runs are neces-
sary to reach the registers.

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Front Elevation

House of Mr. Edward Fellows

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Front View

House of Mr. Oscar G. Brown

The House of Mr. Oscar G. Brown

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Oscar G. Brown is somewhat similar
to the preceding one but of different materials and
plan. It is but two stories in height, there being
only an air space above the second story. The stair arrange-
ment provides the equivalent of a back stairway at the cost
of one.

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The kitchen opens through to the porch so that the porch can
conveniently be used as a breakfast porch or for tea. The ground
on which this house is built slopes to the rear, thus the foundation
walls at the rear are considerably above grade. By placing large
windows in the rear and side, the basement was made light and
airy and a billiard room was built under the sun porch, extending
under part of the living room as well. This room can also be used
as a play room for the children. The laundry is under the kitchen.
The plumbing is economically arranged, both bath rooms, kitchen
and laundry fixtures being on the same stack.

Inside the house the walls throughout are of sand finish plaster,
tinted. The woodwork of the first floor is stained brown and the
second floor painted white.

The exterior walls are of frame construction, surfaced with
shingles. The hood across the front introduces a horizontal line
which gives breadth to the house, and apparently reduces the
height. This style of hood was quite frequently made use of in the
early Pennsylvania houses as a partial protection for the lime mor-
tar of the masonry walls, most of these houses being built with
stone walls.

Plan of First and Second Floors

House of Mr. Oscar G. Brown

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The House of Dr. August Bauer

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Dr. August Bauer, illustrated
on the opposite page, is a house of the mod-
ern type quite often referred to as Dutch
Colonial, although of quite different proportions
from those old colonial houses erected by the
sturdy Dutch settlers in New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.

This type or style of house is especially suited
to the small suburban dwelling, as it is essentially
a cottage type. The eaves being at or below the
level of the second floor, they establish a horizon-
tal line reducing the apparent height of the house.
This also has the effect of making the building
appear broader and lower than it really is, an
effect which always makes the appearance more
pleasing than when the effect is high and stilted.

The lower portion of the house, under the
protection of the overhanging hood and porch
roof is finished in stucco, while the balance of the
exterior is of hand split cypress shingles.

The house is of the centre hall plan which
makes possible a greater width than depth, which
is always desirable. To do this with a side hall,
the house would necessarily be of greater area.
The living room is quite large, taking up nearly
one-half of the first floor.

In the second floor are four bed chambers and
bath, while one room and bath are provided in the
third floor.

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Front and Side View

House of Dr. August E. Bauer

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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View from the Road

The house sets well back from the street

The House of Mr. Charles Priest

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Charles Priest was built about seven years
ago, the photograph shown above having been taken shortly
after completion. Now ivy rambles over the stone chimney,
climbing roses encircle the large stucco columns, the box-wood
plants have grown and more have been planted, intermingled with
old-fashioned flowers. The rear porch overlooks the Maplewood
Country Club golf course which was not in existence at the time
the house was built, but was considered a possibility.

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The design is reminiscent of the old farm houses of Pennsyl-
vania where stone was plentifully used and the supporting columns
built of stone and roughly plastered over.

The plan gives a maximum amount of space on the second floor,
owing to the fact that it extends out over the front and rear porches.
There are four good sized bed rooms, bath and sleeping porch on
the second floor. Storage space is provided on the third floor.

The interior has been carried out with colonial details, insofar
as the design of the trim, doors, stairs, hardware and electric fix-
tures are concerned. The woodwork is finished in white and the
wall papers are of colonial designs.

The exterior walls are surfaced with large shingles, painted
white. The chimney is built of stone taken from the excavation.
The roof and shutters are green. The porch floors are of cement
and the columns stucco over metal lath.

Plans of First and Second Floors

House of Mr. Charles Priest

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Front Elevation

Note the recessed entrance

The House of Mr. H. H. Stark

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. H. H. Stark has an unusual plan for a small
house. The reason for the development of such a plan lay
in the northerly exposure and an extensive view to the rear
as well as the most desirable exposure. The hall, as the plan shows,

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requires considerable space for so small a house, but the result is
a very spacious effect. Building out over the porch compensates
for what otherwise might be considered waste space.

The "L" formed by the dining room wing permits doors from
both hall, living room and dining room to open on the porch, which
is glass enclosed in winter, and therefore in use practically all year
round.

Stairs to the third floor lead to a large attic in which two rooms
or a room and bath may be added at a later date, should additional
rooms be desired.

The side entrance to the kitchen is screened by an attractive
gate with trellis on which climbing roses now grow.

The interior of the house is finished in white throughout, with
doors stained mahogany. No attempt has been made to follow any
particular style in the design of this dwelling.

Plans of First and Second Floors

House of Mr. H. H. Stark

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The House of Mr. E. B. Thayer

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE Thayer house is a little cottage of Dutch colonial type, with ex-
terior of wide white clapboards and roof of green shingles. The
setting under a very large oak tree adds to its charm.
Bringing the eaves down to the first story prevents the house from
appearing over high, though in reality it is as high as the average two-
story-and-attic dwelling, all of the rooms on the second floor having up-
right walls. The skirting carried around at the side also helps the low
appearance by introducing a horizontal line and "spreading out" the house.
It is an economical type of construction and more space on the interior is
provided than would be imagined from the appearance of the exterior.

A living room extends across the front of the house. The little break-
fast porch is glass-enclosed.

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The House of Mr. C. Warren Force

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. C. Warren Force is somewhat on the Dutch
colonial type, but as it was desired not to cut off the corner
space of the bed rooms with the sloping roof, the frame was
built up vertical and the gambrel roof effect secured with the over-
hang at the eaves.

In not running the hall all the way through to the rear of the
house, enough additional space was secured to build a pantry be-
tween the kitchen and dining room without adding an extension.
The double doors effectively shut off the kitchen and allow space
between to hang coats as well. Building the stairs forward as in
this house, gives large closets to the two rear rooms, and also per-
mits access to the third floor without breaking the roof with a
dormer. The enclosed stairway is also less expensive, both in labor
and material, than an open stairs with balusters and railing.

The interior walls are rough sand finish plaster, tinted. The
living room fire place is of rough textured brick. The interior trim
is of edge grain cypress, stained. The second and third floors are
finished in white. There is one room and bath on the third floor.

It is interesting to note that this house was awarded a prize
in a recent small house competition.

Plan of First Floor

Plan ot becoiiu Floor

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A Country House at Summit, N. J.

AS THE house here illustrated was designed for a corpora-
tion engaged in the business of building houses to be sold,
it was desirable that a practical plan be worked out that
would be suited to the needs of the average small family. The
centre hall is always attractive and in this case is arranged with a
large living room on one side with the dining room on the side
opposite.

There is a glass enclosed porch adjoining the living room and
an open porch off the dining room. On the second floor a large bed
room with two closets, one on either side of a window seat, and hav-
ing a direct connection with the bath, is located over the living
room. This chamber is intended for the owner's use. Two smaller
bed rooms for children are on the opposite side of the second floor.
The third floor has one room and bath and attic storage space.

The interior is finished in white. Double floors are installed
throughout the house. The finished floors are of oak. The bath
has a tiled floor and walls and is equipped with fixtures of the best
quality and design.

It may be noted that no pantry has been provided in the first
floor, but in this case the cupboards usually located in the pantry
are installed at the kitchen proper. Refrigerator space is provided
at the rear entry. Passage from the kitchen to the hall is had
through the coat closet.

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Front View

In Winter Dress

The House of Mr. William Buchan

Glen Ridge, New Jersey

Simple broad horizontal lines are the principle features of the de-
sign of the house illustrated above. The grounds are well planted
and add to the attractiveness of the setting.

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Maplewood, New Jersey

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Note the well worked out planting

The House of Mr. Cornelius Jackson

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE exterior walls of the home of Mr. Cornelius Jack-
son are finished in cream colored stucco applied with
a fine dash over galvanized metal lath. One of the
pergola porches extending in front is roofed over and
screened. The other is simply an open terrace screened by
the trellis and now covered with rambling rose vines.

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The living room is rather long for its width, and for
this reason the fireplace with seats at either side, forming
an "Inglenook" was placed at the end of the room and a bay
window located on the extension of the axis of the hall and
dining room. The hearth is paved with brick which extends
to the ends of the seats.

The interior woodwork of the first floor is chestnut
stained tobacco brown, and the walls are finished with a tan
paper.

The second floor is decorated in white with mahogany
doors. The large bed room over the living room is open on
three sides, possessing all of the advantages of a sleeping
porch and none of the disadvantages.

In the third floor, now unfinished, there is space for two
more rooms which could be finished at a later date should
the needs of the family make this desirable.

The planting around the house has been well laid out,
and adds much to the charm of the setting.

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House of Mr. Cornelius Jackson

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The House of Mr. F. A. Fraser

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. F. A. Fraser is an adaptation of the
Italian type. The stucco exterior, stone balustrade,
iron balconies, arched doorways and loggia, and the
general form of the building and roof are characteristic of
this style. Green matt glazed tile are set around the en-
trance. The flower box above is filled with dwarf boxwood
and hanging vines, the supports for which are built as a
structural part of the house. The stucco is white, floated to
a somewhat even but rough textured surface. The roof
is of red slate.

The entrance hall is wide, which together with building
the stairs as shown on the plans, leaves ample room for a
kitchen in the rear. The kitchen connects through a large
pantry with the dining room. The living room occupies the
whole south side of the house. There is an open pergola
porch at the rear and a sun porch at the end. The porch
sash drop down into pockets making an open porch which
can be converted into a sun room with no more trouble than
closing a window.

The interior trim is of oak. The dining room is paneled
solid in wood and has a beamed ceiling. The living room
li replace is of caen stone, with a wood over-mantel. The sun
room fireplace is of red brick. The walls are finished on the
interior with tinted rough sand finish plaster.

The second floor has four bed rooms, a loggia, bath
and an extra toilet and lavatory. The third floor has one
room and bath.

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Front View

House of Mr. F. A. Fraser

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. H. J. Jans

Maplewood, New Jersey

MR. H. J. JANS' house is somewhat similar in form and
materials to the Fraser house, but is smaller and has the
more usual floor plan. The recessed entrance is effective
and affords protection from the weather.

Placing the fireplace at the end of the long narrow living room
gives this room better proportions. This effect is also aided by the
broad openings between the hall and sun porch. The fireplace is
of caen stone with wood paneled over-mantel and bookcases on
either side. The broad hearth is of red Roman brick.

The second floor has four bed rooms and bath, each bed room
being in a corner of the house with windows on two sides. The
bath is over the hall. The third floor has one room and bath.

The first floor is finished with chestnut trim stained dark
brown. The walls are papered in tones of brown. The second
floor, kitchen and third floors are all finished in white enamel.

The garage at the rear of the property is heated by steam from
the boiler in the cellar of the house.

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Jonathan Hawkin

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Jonathan Hawkins is of hollow tile and
stucco, the design of which shows the influence of Italian
architecture. The sill course is formed by a projecting
course of tile, which introduces a horizontal line and reduces the
apparent height of the building. The projection around the doors
in the first story is formed in a similar manner and accents the door-
way by casting a shadow. The inserts over the doors are of brown
and white polished marble set in the stucco, which is white and
floated to a smooth surface. The roof is of red terra cotta tile.

A terrace is located across the front of the house paved with
red cement, and upon this the living room opens through French
doors. Along the front of the terrace is a concrete wall. This is
formed like a large flower box, hollow and with drainage. In this,
dwarf boxwood have been planted, with pyramidal box at the piers.

The pergola at the right serves as a porte cochere and also
helps to balance the sun porch at the opposite end.

The plan of hall and living room across the front with dining
room in the rear, gives more privacy to the dining room than the
centre hall plan. A good sized pantry connects through to the
kitchen. The stairs can also be reached from the kitchen side.

The second floor provides four bed rooms, one in each corner
of the house, a sleeping porch built out over the laundry and a
bath. The third floor has two rooms and bath.

Large trees around the house cast shadows on the white stucco
walls, which with the play of sunlight, add charm to the setting.

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Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Entrance and Pergola Detail

House of Mr. Jonathan Hawkins

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The House of Mr. August J. Wilhelm

Maplewood, New Jersey

Entrance Detail

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The House of Mr. A. J. Wilhelm

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE Wilhelm house is built with walls of stucco over
hollow tile, the stucco being floated to a smooth sur-
face. The roof is of red asbestos shingles. The
arched entrance with loggia above is distinctly Italian in
character. The wide overhanging eaves provide protection
from the sun and rain.

The living room has a large stone fireplace and beamed
ceiling with electric light fixtures of hammered iron drop-
ping from the intersection of the beams. The dining room
walls are paneled with wood about half way up and sand
finished plaster is used above the paneling.

The second floor has four bed rooms, bath and porch,
two of these rooms being quite large, the other two being
smaller, but of ample size to accommodate a single bed and
the other usual pieces of bedroom furniture.

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Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Wm. A. Roberts

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Wm. A. Roberts is about as small
as a house of this type can be built. However, it is
an exceedingly livable house, most of the rooms hav-
ing an exposure on three sides. There is a small entrance
hall with stairs reached from both kitchen and hall. The
dining room has an exposure on three sides and opens out
on a small porch. The living room has a large open fire-
place and beamed ceiling. The sun porch also has an open
fireplace of stone.

The exterior walls are finished in white stucco applied
with a fine dash. The flower boxes are of stucco also and are
tilled with geraniums and trailing vines. The shutters are
painted olive green and the roof is stained a dull red. The
doorway is outlined with green matt glazed faience tile. The
wide overhanging eaves protect the second story windows
from the rain and sun.

The second floor is provided with one large master bed
room connecting with the bath. In addition this room has
two closets. There are two other fair sized bed chambers in
the second floor, one of which is built over the open porch
and is open on three sides.

The entire first Hoor is finished in hardwood stained a
dark brown. The walls are sand finished plaster.

The second floor is finished in white, the walls being
decorated with bed room papers of delicate design.

The house is on a corner plot sixty by one hundred and
thirty feet, and faces the side street, making the length
parallel with the length of the lot.

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Front Elevation

House of Mr. Wm. A. Roberts

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View from Road Side

Note the steep grade of the street

The House of Mr. John L. Hughes

West Orange, New Jersey

THE problem that presented itself in designing the house now owned
by Mr. John L. Hughes in West Orange, was locating the building
on a corner plot of one hundred by one hundred and twenty-five feet
in size, which had a fall or slope of sixteen feet in its width. The house
was placed within four feet of the upper line, endway to the street by
regrading the lot with a small amount of earth in addition to that taken
from the cellar excavation.

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By this arrangement the house was placed on a plateau which
brought the rooms well up on the level with the branches of the
large trees in front, thus shutting out from the rooms an undesirable
view. On the upper portion of the lot at the rear, there was room
for the clothes yard and a small garden. This left more than half
of the plot open for a lawn in front of the house.

The entrance hall is large and almost square. The stairs are
reached from either the kitchen or front hall. The hall, living room
and sun porch are trimmed in chestnut stained tobacco brown.
The dining room walls are paneled solid about six feet high. The
living room is finished in birch stained mahogany and the walls
covered with a gray green grass cloth. The kitchen is finished in
white enamel with the tile floors and walls. The maid's room adjoins
the kitchen and has a toilet and lavatory in connection therewith.
The large coat closet in the hall is an added convenience.

The second floor has three bed rooms, a tiled bath, sleeping
porch and sewing room. The bed room over the hall is particularly
attractive, being open on three sides and the iron balcony over the
door is almost in the boughs of the large maple trees in front of the
house.

The exterior walls are surfaced with white stucco over metal
lath, while the roof is of shingles, stained a dull red.

Plans of First and Second Floors

House of Mr. John L. Hughes

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The House of Mr. John Rogers

Maplewood, New Jersey

Road Side View through the Trees

A Secluded Site

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The Living Room

House of Mr. John Rogers

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The Sun Porch

House of Mr. John Rogers

THE home of Mr. John Rogers has walls built of hollow tile, stuccoed.
The stucco, which is cream in tone, was applied with a fine dash,
giving a little shadowing effect which is pleasing. The shingles
which cover the roof are stained a light brown, and are laid irregularly,
being rounded at the eaves to give the effect of a thatched roof. The eaves
hang low over the windows as they do in English thatched roof cottages.
The rooms of the first story are finished in chestnut stained brown.
The living room fireplace is of green matt glazed tile with wood over-
mantel. The porch fireplace is of stucco over brick, with tile insert.

The porch has a tile floor over concrete and hollow tile, the under part
of which is used as a dust proof coal bin. The coal bin floor slopes toward
the main cellar so that the coal is always at the opening of the bin.

The second floor has four bed rooms and bath finished in white. The
third floor has one room and bath.

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The House of Mr. Irwin F. Bowen

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr Irwin F. Bowen is of the English cottage type in
stucco, brick and half timber. The timber work is of hand hewn
chestnut, morticed and tennoned together and pinned with oak pins.
Over the garage entrance the timbered work is filled with brick laid in
herring bone pattern. The entrance to the house is of old brick in various

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tones of red. The shutters are olive green in color, made of "V" jointed
material with batten back. The stucco is troweled roughly, giving a tex-
ture surface while the corners were made without the use of a straight edge.
The interior is of sand finished plaster throughout the first floor. The
plaster is stained a warm mottled tone of tan. The woodwork is stained
dark. The doors are of the batten type with iron thumb latches.

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Plans of House of Mr. I. F. Bo wen

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Living Room

House of Mr. I. F. Bowen

The plan of this house is irregular but interesting. The en-
trance door opens into a small vestibule-like alcove off the living
room which does away with the objection of entering directly into
the living room, and at the same time does not require as much
space as the usual entrance hall.

The stairs start in the living room, adjacent to the entrance
vestibule. The living room is commodious and opens on the sun
porch. This sun porch has an exposure on three sides, west, south
and east, which affords excellent natural ventilation in the summer,
while it is warm and sunny in the winter. The garage, built as a
wing of the house, is located on the opposite end.

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Preliminary Sketch An English Cottage Type

House for Mrs. McKeon

Glen Ridge, New Jersey

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The House of Mr. Edward S. Davey

Roosevelt Park, Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mr. Edward S. Davey has walls built from old
curb stones of different lengths, which proved an ideal mate-
rial. The stone being flat on two sides could be laid up
easily. By splitting some of the stones into thinner slabs ade-
quate variation was obtained. The stones were laid in cement

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mortar with a wide white joint. A heavy hand dressed oak beam
serves as a permanent centering for the flat arch over the porch.
The entrance is really at the rear of the house from the drive-
way. This places the kitchen, hall and study in the least desirable
exposure and leaves to the living room, dining room, sun porch
and open porch the most desirable exposure.

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The Living Room

House of Mr. Edward S. Davey

The doors on either side of the fireplace, one of which is visible
in the above photograph, open out onto a broad stone terrace.

The house has been very recently completed and shows the
need of planting to soften the appearance. A barberry hedge has
already been planted and soon ivy will partly cover the stone walls.

The living room is a combination living room and library with
built-in book cases occupying a large portion of the walls. The
wood work is oak and the walls rough sand-finished plaster. The
dining room is paneled with oak. The oak doors are of early Eng-
lish design and have thumb latches of iron.

The entrance hall has a stone floor and rough plaster walls.

The second floor has four bedrooms and two baths. Natural
sand-finished walls have been used in the bedrooms also, color being
obtained in the furnishings and bright chintz and cretonne curtains.

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The Studio Bungalow of Mr. C. W. Baylcs

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE exterior is gray stucco, with brown-stained trim. The living
room is two stories high with a balcony over the fire-place connect-
ing the gable bedrooms. The photograph emphasizes the need of
planting, now underway.

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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View of Street Front

Well placed shrubbery will enhance the appearance

The House of Mr. John C. Ray

Maplewood, New Jersey

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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The House of Mr. Willard S. Crittenden

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. Willard S. Crittenden is of a cream or buff stucco
with the half-timbered work of the English Cottage. The overhang
of the second story casts a shadow which- accents the start of the
half-timbered work, and also gives a little more space on the second floor,
helping the two main bedrooms which are rather narrow.

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The kitchen was placed at the end of the houste so that the
living room, dining room and porch might take advantage of the
best exposure and view. The kitchen entrance is concealed by wall
and gate.

Upon entering the house there is a small hall with living room
on the right running the full depth of the house. The dining room
directly in back of the hall has French doors to both hall and porch
on the same axis, which, while it destroys privacy to a certain
degree, makes a very small house appear larger and more spacious
than it really is. The living room also opens on the porch which is
glass enclosed in winter. The stairs are so arranged that they can
te reached ether from the kitchen or the front hall, a very desirable
feature in a small house, doing away with the necessity of a back
stairs which are an added expense and also take up additional space.

The interior woodwork on the first floor is oak stained brown.
The living room fire-place is of stone, and has built-in book cases
and seats on either side of it. The ceiling is heavily beamed. The
second floor woodwork is red gum, finished with orange shellac,
rubbed and waxed, giving the effect of Circassian walnut. The
doors are of the same material, and have one large panel. The
floors are oak throughout. The heating system is hot water, and
the leaders, gutters and screens are of copper.

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House of Mr. Willard S. Crittenden

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The House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE home of Mrs. Kenneth Dalzell is built with walls
of rough troweled stucco over hollow tile. The chim-
ney is of stone roughly plastered, a stone being
allowed to show through here and there. The design of the
house, which was inspired by the English cottage, will not
attain its full degree of charm until the planting is more
mature and ivy, now planted, covers the masonry walls.

The wide angle lens of the camera with which the inte-
rior photographs were taken has somewhat exaggerated the
length of the living room, the length of this room being not
much greater than its width.

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The hall is finished with
rough plastered walls and a
floor of dull red brickettes laid
in herring-bone pattern. The
stairway is of wrought iron.
The doors and trim are of oak
in Gothic design. The hard-
ware is wrought iron, the
latches, knockers and hinges
being reproduced by a local
forge from old examples.

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The entrance door is of "V"
jointed oak boards hung on
wrought-iron strap hinges,
with wrought-iron latch and
knocker.

The glass panel in the upper
part of the door is protected
by iron work made in a scroll
design.

The Hall

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Wing Housing Main Rooms

House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell

This house is built on a plot one hundred and ten feet
front and one hundred and fifty feet deep, and faces north-
west. A shrubbery screen from the kitchen entrance to the
rear, shuts off the clothes yard and garden from the rear
lawn and garden-opening from the living room.

A house of this type, while extravagant in outside wall,
makes a most livable home.

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The Living Room

House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell

The living room has sand-finished walls, a beamed ceil-
ing formed by the actual structural timbers carrying the
second floor, and floors of wide oak boards but of varying
widths. The fireplace is of cast stone and is a reproduction
of one in "Tattershall," Oliver Cromwell's home in England.
The lamps, bench and table were designed by the architect.

The dining room is paneled in oak with sand-finished
walls above. The floor and ceiling are the same as in the
living room. On one side is a double bank of leaded-glass

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The Dining Room

House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell

casement windows, with iron latches. The furniture is of oak of
the Jacobean period, harmonizing with the architecture.

The dining room connects to the kitchen through a pantry.
The kitchen has front and rear exposure and is finished in gray
enamel with red composition floor. It connects through the rear
entry with the garage which is heated from the main heating plant,
and is also provided with electric light, and hot and cold water.

A rear stairs from the kitchen reaches a small
between the maid's room and bath over the garage.

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Master's Bedroom

House of Mrs. Kenneth W. Dalzell

The largest bedroom is illustrated above. It is open on three
sides, has an open fireplace and two large closets. The alcove pro-
vides space for a desk. The walls are finished in smooth plaster
painted a light fawn. The woodwork is ivory and the over-curtains
a colorful design in black, green, lavender, red and yellow on an
oyster-white ground. The rug is dark fawn and the furniture is
walnut. The electric lighting fixtures are of wrought iron. This
room connects through a bath to the child's room, which has walls
painted in the same color, and floor covered with rug of gray; the
curtains are blue and the furniture mahogany. The top of the seat
at the end of this room lifts up, making a toy box.

At the opposite side of the hall is the guest room. This room
is done in yellow painted walls, ivory furniture, yellow and black
cretonne hangings and gray-green rug on the floor. There is a
toilet and lavatory in connection with the guest room.

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The House of Mr. David C. Waring

Summit, New Jersey

THE house of Mr. David C. Waring is a house of the Tudor
English type. The materials of the exterior walls are a com-
bination of stone, brick, rough-troweled cement plaster and
half timber.

The inspiration for the front elevation was furnished by a pic-
ture used by a cement manufacturing concern to advertise its brand
of cement for stucco, which strongly appealed to the client's fancy.
The architect has since found that the picture used was of a house
actually designed and built by Mr. Frank Forster, architect, of New
York, to whom he wishes to give full credit for the merit of that
portion of the design.

Plan of
Second Floor

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Entrance Hall

House of Mr. David C. Waring

The timber work is stained the color of weathered oak, almost
black. The shutters are dull green and the stucco a warm gray.
The brick walls at the entrance are in mottled tones of red. The
floor of the entrance hall is of large heather brown tile. The walls
are of caen stone. The large dining room on the right has sand-
finished walls in their natural color. The floors are of oak in her-
ring-bone pattern. The fireplace is of Tudor design. The furnish-
ings, though of a mixture of Italian, English and French styles are
of the same period and in harmony with the character of the house.

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The Living Room

House of David C. Waring

The walls of the living room are of sand-finished plas-
ter, the floor of oak laid herring-bone pattern and finished
in a rather dark tone. The mantel is of Tudor design in
antique limestone. The furnishings are English and Italian
of the period of the seventeenth century, some of which are
genuine antiques. The electric fixtures are of wrought iron
in polychrome with parchment shields.

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The Dining Room

House of Mr. David C. Waring

The dining room is paneled in wood, painted a Georgian
green, with sand-finished walls above the paneling. The
over curtains are of glazed chintz, the back ground of which
is yellow, the design being in red, green and black. The
furniture is of oak, Jacobean in design.

Located in the wing is the kitchen, pantry, laundry and
two car garage with servants' rooms above.

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Master Bedroom

House of Mr. David C. Waring

The walls of the bedroom, illustrated above, are painted
a deep buff with reddish tone. The ceiling is the lighter
tone of cafe au lait. The rug is plain fawn color, the furni-
ture mahogany and the hangings cretonne. There is a fire-
place in the corner not shown in the picture.

The second floor has five master bedrooms and three
baths, two maids' rooms and bath and a chauffeur's room
and bath.

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Guest Bedroom

House of Mr. David C. Waring

The guest room illustrated above has paneled walls
painted a deep cream. The carpet is plain gray. The furni-
ture is painted a gray green very soft in tone. The electric
fixtures are finished in ivory enamel with decorated parch-
ment shields. The window shades have a flower design in
water color by Mrs. Waring.

The other rooms have painted and paneled walls and
are quite as interesting as the one illustrated.

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Studies in Small House Designs

ON several of the following pages, as well as on pages
26 and 54, are illustrated a few sketches showing
front elevations and plans of houses, these being
reproduced from preliminary studies made for the Budal
Realty Company of Maplewood, New Jersey. The designs
were worked out as shown in order to meet the present high
cost of building. Everything has been done with the idea of
economy uppermost.

The requirements were : A house of six or seven rooms
with one or two baths, the fourth bedroom and bath to be
provided, if necessary, by finishing the third story ; the
houses to be of good architectural style, but simple and of a
design permitting the greatest economy in construction
without sacrificing quality.

It will be noted that the houses are rectangular in shape
and there are no extensions or bays. In each case the roof
is as simple as possible, all dormers, hips and valleys being
omitted. The enclosed staircase shown is less expensive
than an open stairway. The rooms are thirteen feet wide
so that fourteen-foot joists can be used without waste or
cutting. The ceilings are eight feet high, so that eight-foot
and nine-foot studding, the cheapest lengths, can be used.
The interior finish can be anything desired, but the simplest
of trim has been planned — square edge with cove wall
mouldings. The walls are to be sand-finish plaster tinted, a
method of interior decoration that has proven quite satis-
factory. If desired, the usual hard finish white plaster can
be used and painted or covered with wall paper, if desired,
at slight additional cost. The finished floors will be of oak,
except the bath which will be tiled. As previously noted, a
room and bath can be finished on the third floor should the
requirements of the family make this necessary.

The exterior walls will be finished with wide clapboards
or large shingles laid nine inches to the weather, except
where stucco better carries out the design.

In each case the illustrations are enlargements of the
actual sketches, which were made to a very small scale, in
color, which accounts for their somewhat rough or unfin-
ished appearance.

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Front Elevation

Reproduced from architect's sketch in color

A Six Room Cottage of New England
Colonial Design

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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Reproduced from architect's sketch in color

A Southern Colonial House of Seven Rooms

Plan of First Floor

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Plan of Second Floor

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Front Elevation

Reproduced from architect's sketch in color

Suggestion for a Suburban Stucco House

of Six Rooms

Plan of First Floor

Plan of Second Floor

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139

Preliminary Sketch

House for Mr. A. Warren Wheaton, Jr., Maplewood, N. J.

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Bungalow of Mr. Harry Newburger

Maplewood, New Jersey

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Floor Plan

THE living room of this
bungalow is quite large
with a stone fireplace
at one end. The dining alcove,
designed as a large bay, is of
just sufficient size for a gate
leg table and four chairs.

The exterior walls are sur-
faced with white stucco,
roughly trowled and applied
over galvanized metal lath.
The roof is of shingles, stained
red.

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Bungalow of Mr. Watson G. Harmon

Maplewood, New Jersey

THE "H" plan used in
this bungalow is ex-
ceptionally good for a
dwelling of this type. The
living room divides the bed-
rooms and bath from the din-
ing room and kitchen.

The ceiling of the living
room is high and vaulted. The
walls are of rough sand finish
plaster, with stained trim.
The fireplace is of brick, with
high tapering throat of rough
plaster finish reaching to the
ceiling.

Floor Plan

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Plans of Clubhouse of the Maple wood Club

Maplewood, New Jersey

Plan of Main Floor

Plan of Basement

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The Clubroom

The Maplewood Club

ALOW wood-paneled wainscot, painted ivory white,
extends around the club room. The walls above are
finished with a straw-colored Japanese grass cloth.
The hangings are a large pattern cretonne, having a yellow
background and design in black and green. The same mate-
rial is used to upholster the wicker furniture and cushions
for the window seat. The fireplace is large, the mantel
being about six feet high.

A commodious enclosed sun porch is reached through
three pairs of double doors, affording retiring space after
dancing.

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